Currently, the wind on site is southwesterly with wind speeds averaging around 4-5m/s and fairly high turbulence intensities; currently 50% at the surface and 30% at 120m.

SREF still showing westerly winds with a southerly component around 11am becoming more westerly by around 2pm. Friday shows southwesterly winds shifting southerly in the afternoon.

The EURO is showing westerly winds by around 11am with southerly winds much of Friday.

The NAM shows westerly winds this morning and into the afternoon. Wind speeds look around 6-9m/s for much of the afternoon. Southerly winds on Friday.

Southwesterly winds today.

Westerly winds on Thursday with a slight southerly component in the morning. Wind speeds tomorrow afternoon may increase a little from today, so maybe around 5-8m/s.  Note that the NWS meteogram is showing gusts on Thursday afternoon, though in the past the meteogram has been not so useful…

Southwesterly flow on Friday morning becoming more southerly in the afternoon and southeasterly by evening. 

Fast, southwesterly winds today. Northwesterly flow late this afternoon will quickly become upslope. Southwesterly winds on Wednesday. High wind speeds will persist into through Wednesday into Thursday morning. Southwesterly winds on Thursday morning becoming more westerly on Thursday afternoon with a slight southerly component at times. Thursday afternoon should bring much slower wind speeds; probably ranging somewhere around 3-5m/s. Southerly flow on Friday into Saturday.  

Light, east-northeasterly winds today. Southerly winds on Friday with upslope flow in the afternoon. Possibility for northwesterly winds on Saturday morning shifting southwesterly in the afternoon.  Light, northwesterly flow on Sunday morning possibly becoming more southwesterly in the afternoon. Monday and Tuesday of next week we will see northwesterly winds becoming more westerly on Wednesday. 

Northwesterly winds this morning becoming more northerly this afternoon. Southwesterly winds on Wednesday becoming more southerly in the afternoon with upslope winds in the late afternoon. We may see some northwesterly winds in the early morning on Thursday, but winds will shift southeasterly by around noon. Southeasterly winds on Friday. Southerly winds on Saturday. We may see northwesterly winds on Sunday and Monday of next week.

SREF shows westerly winds on Tuesday becoming more northwesterly around 2pm. Slower wind speeds on Tuesday, probably around 3-6m/s. Southwesterly winds on Wednesday shifting more southerly around noon and then upslope winds in the afternoon. By Thursday we should see a more northeasterly flow and this will continue into Friday.  Winds will shift more westerly on Saturday and northwesterly on Sunday.

Synoptics:

Winds aloft will be northwesterly early Monday morning shifting northerly by midday and northwesterly flow again on Tuesday. A small trough will pass through the area overnight tonight which will increase turbulence that will decrease on Monday morning.

Models:

SREF: 15Z SREF run shows westerly hub height winds in the early morning becoming more southerly by 11am and into much of Tuesday.  It is important to note that models have previously been a few hours late in direction shifts for the wind site.

NAM: NAM via Bufkit is suggesting high surface westerly wind speeds on Monday morning, decreasing and becoming more southwesterly around noon. Wind speeds should look similar tomorrow morning to what we are seeing today; averaging around 8-9m/s. Bufkit is also showing westerly winds at about 5-7m/s on Tuesday morning becoming more northwesterly in the afternoon and slowing down to around 3-5m/s.

ECMWF: European model showing southwesterly winds on Monday morning continuing into early Tuesday morning. Northwesterly flow will return around 12z on Tuesday and continue for much of the day.

Remainder of the week:

Southwesterly flow on Wednesday. On Thursday we should see northeasterly flow continuing into Friday. We may see northwesterly flow again next Saturday.